Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-28
IN POLICE CIRCLES.
oPFICER HARRIS BeaTRN BY A GANG
OF R0UGBs.
Edward A. Lsvy Brought to Richmond
from Baltimore Police
Items. &c

ting on his front porch, without club,
Ti>tol. or hat on. he heard some negroes
creating q disturbance and making
a general disorder in the street
near by. Mr.. Harris at once
went out and attempted 10 obtain quiet.
hut the crowd dcfcd him, whercupon
he pursued them across HacOns-Quar-
ter branch and ran one fellow into .
house aud c0llGctd him. While he had
This one in custody the other negroes
gathered around and beat the on 3cr
with rocks until he was forced to let
thCir comradc go. The whole gang
thou procipitst,lv 1od.
OGcCr Harris was severely hurt. 4
stone hit him over one eye, cutting r
paiuinl cash. while other missiles
struck and severely cut and bruised
other parts Of his body. Drs. Taylor,
Rov, and Brock attended him. Ills
assailanis- about twenty five in num-
| bci-includcd some hard characters.
Scyernl are jail-hirds. aud n aopbt II
tie Loayy hand Of the law can be llil
upon them they will be properly pan
isLod.
Groat excitement prevailed in 'he
nCiqhborhood for awhile.
Several of the negroes in the vicinity
Of where the difficulty occurred have
had q PIudgc against Harris for some
time because ho assisted in prosecuting
H,n.
LEVY BROUGHT TO RICHMOND.
Sergeant Tomliuson, Of the Second
district. reached the city on the fast
ma,l Yesterday with Z. i. Levy, who
is charged with cutting Mr. Winfield
Scott The prisoner Was taken to the
Second station.
Iariy the morning after the diff
Guilty in Mamie liubbards house Levy
lot iDTe in buggy and went into the
country Two days aftorwards he took
tLo Chesapeake and Ohio train for
Hanover junction, where he boarded
the passenger train for Washington, in
which city hc las since been until last
Monday night, when he went over t.
Baltimore.
Tuesday Detective Galtaccosted Levy
CE tie street and told him 70 consider
lI 4 under arrest. Levy attempted
a. l.uG the detective by sqying he
guessed Lc was mistok,u IN bis man, or
500 ching TO that c1,ct hut the willy
cf.csr was not to he thus easily shaken.
LD>y was takcs to the Central police
'mlop q Pal,im0rc. whore he re-
M.'nl! Until Sergeant Iomlinson APP
Icnd.
1leuccufcd Will be before the Police
| Court thisuoDiuC.
Sergeant Jomhueon left here day
lcfO,ye.torday at G:39P. ". reached
Baltimore ot 3. w. left there yes
to-day at 9.i5 a. w.. reaching ElbA ut
.:.0-a very quick trip.
Lcyy consented to rciIrn here with
ont putting the officer 10 the trouble OF
GONG To- Annapolis ior rsniition-war-
rant.
Levy told the Sugcan, that he was
yory Glad to get lack. for ever since he
| lad been away he mad felt uneasy, and
| expected at any moment somebody
would recognize Lin and have ham Al
lost,d.
uIAxrON GETS SIN MONTHS.
TIE most important ease on the
dccl,t OF the oiico Count Yesterday
uouug was the continHcd one of the
colu,d man ]amcs ErNton, charged
with stealing laly's douhIc-ease gold
watch and suudry other pieces of Jew
,lr. the property Of Walter Moore.
ti of tie faces connected with the case
Lave been published III the DiSp0t.h.
The watch was found 10y Officer Hall
~ TonatiS saloon, corner Of Seven
/ tpcl,h ard Broad streets, where It WIS
ravn,d ly Nat. Allen, VINO hought 1t
from HraNton. BIaXton Is serving
torn in iail for playing faro.
he claims that he boRgbt the
luorclty from "Coai Boat 0'iHs
llcDard Washington aims " Chicken "
lick. 4 culoI,d man uamcd Allen tcs-
ts,d on former occasion that Erax-
tor told lim that while vhitewashinI
l,uNaiust ccll hc pulcd piece Of
;,r,r of the wall and behind pro
i,ctire hlick found tire watch, &c, IN
lic finger al IA lady's lid glove.
N'ls Moore identified the watch aul
i,vciIv, and said that her husband,
WHO il now in the asylum AZ Williams
Iurr. was committed TO jlil 80 he cx-
anin,d iy a commission If lunacy
tlat lc bad the watch and Jewelry ON
lis person when h. WAS taken from
Li, hcmc in February.
Iu,tCu plhercd - his former story,
tllt lc purchased the articles hom
ical Ic.t
Iii. witness. Who is nOY in the Hen
,ico ilil ON tie charge of burglary, was
brought to count by Sheriff Southari'
and Wien questioned about the walsh
said lc know rothiug about 1t had
mover s,cn il before, and The statement
a TraEton that he bought the watch
iI0m Liza WIS not true.
Ilastun was given six months IN lNl,
ard the icvclry turned over to Mrs
Moore.
CsUTITY TO ANIMALS
Al. Wilkinson, agent OF the Rich
mond and Allegheny Railroad Compa-
IN. was charged with violating the
ci,y ordinance l'y cruelty treating AMI
1nals bv allowing them to be kept IN
rcrs without shelter, food, or water.
Tie evidence showed that lot OF sheep
were received here on the Richmond
and Allegheny freight train Saturday
afternoon, placed in pens, and ke,pt
There until the following Monday
morning without food or water. Mir.
Wilkinson held that the railroad CON
Yanv was not responsible for stock a.
i,r il had lc!t the train; that it was the
auiy Of the consionee to take the stock
sway upon the arrival of the train snd
thai Tie company only through coirte-
~ sent notices of the arrival OF the
justice richardson decided that the
co,nranv was responsible until the stocS
vas dcliyGcd. and imposed fine OF SlO
ooairst the Richmond and Aleghany
abroad Company.
TIE WRONG NAN.
+ W. jenkins lcolored) was up on
n,c charge OF keeping bar-room aud
sDllirc lonor on Eighth street between
Main ami Cary without a license IN
x;oletion of the State reyenue-law. II
wos shown by competent testimony